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Matters of the moment
Showtime Soliloquy This year you can have a Soliloquy but you cannot have a Motor Show, apart from the Daily…
October 1977
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1977 Italian Grand Prix race report
An Anglo-Italian victory Monza, September 11th Despite annual rumours that the race must be moved eventually owing to various local…
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Monza Reflections
Lying horizontal, sick of the palsy, was not the best position from which to reflect on the happenings in the…
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A Change of Venue
Having publicised the 750 MC's 6-hour Relay Race as an excellent fixture to compete in and watch, we are disturbed…
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Obituary - Reid A. Railton
It is with regret that we have to report that Mr. Reid A. Railton has died in Canada at the…
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Rally of the Thousand Lakes
It has often been said, by ourselves as much as by anyone, that experienced, professional rally crews who have had…
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Michael Johnson Parkes 1931-1977
Michael Parkes made an unusually full contribution to this World. He was a talented engineer, aviator and competition car driver.…
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Those Tax Concessions
If the Department of Transport kept me waiting a long time in reply to my query about the tax concession…
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Ford packages the performance part
If head-turning appeal is the seal of approval for the recently released Ford X-series parts, then Ford are sitting on…
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"James Hunt Against All Odds"
By Eoin Young. 176 pp. 9 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. (Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Astronaut House, Feltham, Middlesex.…
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"Landscape with Canals"
By L. T. C. Rolt. 188 pp. 8 3/4 in. 5 1/2 in. (Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd., 17, Grosvenor…
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"Classic Racing Cars"
By Cyril Posthumus. 160 pp. 11 3/4 in. 8 1/2in. (The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Astronaut House, Feltham, Middlesex. £4.95.)…
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"Morgan Sports"
Edited and compiled by Peter Garnier. 80 pp. 11 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in. (IPC Transport Press Ltd., Dorset…
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"E-type : End of an Era"
By Chris Harvey. 236 pp. 10 1/4 in. 8 1/4 in. (The Oxford Illustrated Press Ltd., Shelley Close, Headington, Oxford.…
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Miniature News
Auto Replicas of Parkstone list a large range of 1/43rd-scale metal kits and have introduced a 1/24th-scale range, the first…
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The Things They Say...
"How about some of you 750 drivers with your own businesses sponsoring three girls a piece? Ten of you at…
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In the shadow of Rolls-Royce
I have just enjoyed a week in a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II. It was indeed a very pleasant experience. Nevertheless,…
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Veteran Edwardian Vintage, October 1977
A section devoted to old-car matters A Straker Squire Relic Earlier this year, when they were clearing out an attic…
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The Ryknield
Sir, Mr. Gaskin's article in the June issue (p. 676), recalling the short-lived attempt to establish a motor industry in…
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New 4.00-16 Tyres for Pre-war Datsuns
Sir, All the pre-war Datsuns built between 1932 and 1945 were shod with 4.00-16 tyres, which is a very peculiar…
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